The Baptist Faith and Message

A Statement Adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention

On June 14, 2000, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a revised summary
of the Southern Baptist faith. The committee's report says in part:

Baptists cherish and defend religious liberty,
and deny the right of any secular or religious authority to impose a confession
of faith upon a church or body of churches. We honor the principles of soul
competency and the priesthood of believers, affirming together both our liberty
in Christ and our accountability to each other under the Word of God.

The report (linked in its' entirety below) seeks to "identify and affirm
certain definite doctrines that Baptists believe, cherish, and with which
they have been ... closely identified."